Chapter 172: Hurricane Rescue
"By the way, I heard that you asked to sign a three-part contract with Liam Neeson directly?" Davis curious.
"That's right. Chen Hao nodded, otherwise why would he want to shoot this "Hurricane Rescue"?
Now Chen Hao's first choice is a series of low-cost and high-grossing movies, and he agreed to Xiaohu as one of the leading actors, considering Xiaohu's age, Chen Hao thought of this series of action movies.
In addition to the problem of the series of dog-tailed mink, the crazy salary of the actors is also a big problem.
Now Chen Hao only spent $1.8 million to sign Liam Neeson, because Liam Neeson has also starred in films such as "Star Wars Prequel", "Gangs of New York", and "Love Actually" since "Schindler's List".
But he is not the leading actor, and he has not had too many outstanding performances in recent years, and his career as an actor at this time can be said to have fallen into a trough, the salary has dropped a lot, and he is invited by the male number one, so he agreed.
It's just that in the previous life, after the success of "Hurricane Rescue", I don't know if it's true, or in order to increase the salary, Liam Neeson responded that he didn't want to continue the sequel.
In the end, the filmmaker could only offer a salary of 12 million US dollars to let him agree to act, and this figure was 6 times that of the first part, which also made him successfully enter the 10 million salary club.
What's even more exaggerated is that in the third part of the series, Liam Neeson was directly promoted to the 20 million salary club, which is a major symbolic salary club in North America.
Although it may not be as worthy of its name as the 20 million salary club in the 90s, being able to get a salary of 20 million US dollars has undoubtedly proved its status and appeal!
But these are unavoidable, and series of movies will face this problem, just like Downey and Black Widow of the Avengers, the highest salaries are as high as 75 million and 50 million US dollars respectively, and the final result can only be written to death by the screenwriter.
"You're going to make 'Hurricane Rescue' into a series as well?" Davis asked.
He is really amazed by Chen Hao's brain now, not only has he become a well-known screenwriter and director at a young age, but he is also surprisingly bold.
When filming "Saw Horror", Davis knew that Chen Hao had found an assistant director and asked him to write the script for the sequel, that is, when the movie was not successful, he thought of a sequel.
I really don't know whether to say that he is a master of art and bold, or that he is blindly confident.
However, as a result, the box office of "Saw Horror" exploded, with a cost of $1.2 million, and the box office in North America alone was as high as $55 million, with a return on investment ratio of 45.83 times, which is terrifying.
Davis also saw that Chen Hao was bound to win "Chainsaw" and it was impossible to let it out, so he didn't mention the issue of copyright.
It's just that he still feels a little inappropriate for him to hand over the sequel to "Chainsaw" to the same young Chinese director Wen Ziren, but this is Chen Hao's own series, and he doesn't have much to say.
And now that the second film is being filmed, I have just signed three contracts before filming has started, and I am obviously going for the series.
If it were someone else, Davis might still think that he was prepared, but after getting along for such a long time, he knew that Chen Hao was definitely targeted, and this series was decided.
Although he felt incredible, he did see a confident light in Chen Hao's eyes.
Therefore, Davis feels that Chen Hao, this guy, has either suffered a slump in Waterloo, or has continued to advance by leaps and bounds and become a well-known director!
Therefore, before Chen Hao did not fail, Davis was willing to bind Chen Hao all the time!
"If the box office is good, it will naturally be made into a series, and I also learned it from you Hollywood!" Chen Hao nodded.
Davis smiled when he heard this, "As long as you can make money, you can make 100 films." ”
Colombia accounted for the majority of the investment in "Hurricane Rescue", and the box office success naturally made the most money from Colombia, not to mention that other distribution channels were also covered by Colombia.
Colombia will definitely account for more than 90% of all the benefits obtained by a "Hurricane Rescue".
"Also, you want to invite Gong Huang to participate, did she agree?" Davis asked.
"Just received the message, and she agreed. Chen Hao said happily when he heard this.
For the role of Xiaohu's mother, Chen Hao thought about it for a long time, and considering his popularity and age, he finally sent an invitation to Gonghuang.
And after thinking about it again, Emperor Gong took over the role.
There is no doubt that the 90s was the high-production period of Gonghuang, and he cooperated with Guoshi, Chen Kaige, etc., which made him famous internationally, especially in Europe.
In 2000, she was the first Chinese to serve as the chairman of the Berlin International Film Festival, and this year, she became the chairman of the Venice International Film Festival.
Its momentum in Europe, it is not an exaggeration to call Gonghuang!
This time, Gong Huang agreed to star in Chen Hao's "Hurricane Rescue", I don't know if he has the idea of testing the waters of commercial films, or has plans to enter North America, maybe both.
Although Chen Hao is a fledgling, there is only one Chinese director who can eat well in North America now, except for Li Press.
As for Wu Baige, it is now difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river, and a "Wind Whisperer" has made many Hollywood companies cautious about their attitudes.
Although there is no film to be made, there is probably no hope for a big production, and it is estimated that Wu Baige himself will not be able to watch a low-cost B-grade film.
Therefore, I really dare not say when Wu Baige's next Hollywood movie will come out.
Davis heard that Gong Huang agreed to join, and nodded happily, obviously Davis felt that Gong Huang's participation would be of great benefit to the box office of the movie.
In addition, Chen Hao also invited Donnie and Team America to play two cameo roles, and the two readily agreed.
At the same time, the role of the singer in the film, Davis invited the current American super popular idol singer Britney Spears!
"The crew is ready, right?" asked Chen Hao.
"Yes, everything is ready and waiting to be turned on. Davis nodded.
"Then take me to the shooting location tomorrow to have a second look, and if there is no problem, we are ready to start shooting as soon as possible." Chen Hao said.
"No problem!" replied Davis.
After Davis left, Xiaohu spoke, "When did you invite Emperor Gong?
"Do you know any actor besides yourself?" Chen Hao said with a smile.
"Uh...... People are just too excited. Hearing this, Xiaohu jumped into Chen Hao's arms and said coquettishly, "Moreover, people have been following you all the time, only thinking about you." ”
Chen Hao rolled his eyes at the little fox in his arms when he heard this, "Let's prepare well recently, it is estimated that filming will start soon." ”
"Don't worry, I've been ready for a long time!" Xiaohu said as he heard this.
Chen Hao's eyes just looked at the chest of the little fox, well, although it is not as good as the later life, but it is much older than before he woke up!